In the early morning of the next day, Song Nan set off to return to Beijing, accompanied by only Wang Yong and the 800 Jinyi Guards and Yang Yiqing, in addition, Ye Fanggu's injury was no longer suitable to stay in the barracks, so he also returned to Beijing with Yang Ko'er with Song Nan for treatment. In addition, Jiang Bin, Xu Tai, Zhang An, and other generals were strictly ordered to stay in place and not to leave without permission, and the nearly 80,000-strong army maintained an offensive posture at any time, and had no intention of retreating at all.

Ma Yongcheng expressed doubts about this, since Song Nan had already done the matter of the holy decree in advance, this time he should lead the army back to Beijing in triumph, although the soldiers and horses of the Northwest Guards should return to their hometowns and station, and the soldiers and horses of the Yangwei Battalion, the Lianwu Battalion and the Shenshu Battalion to which the Beijing camp belonged should also be pulled back to Beijing together.

"Isn't it true that Father-in-law Ma also has to take care of military affairs? Do you want to ask the emperor to decree that Ma Gonggong will be the middle officer of my Northwest Army? ”

In the face of Ma Yongcheng's inquiry, Song Nan didn't give him a good face at all, he shouldn't ask about this matter himself, he was just an internal supervisor who passed on the decree, and all kinds of things after coming here showed how high his status was, and he put himself on an equal footing with Song Nan everywhere, Song Nan felt that this person had changed a little, saying that when Liu Jin was still there, this gentleman was a pug behind him, how could he speak.

Ma Yongcheng immediately shut up, he suddenly realized that he couldn't speak at all in front of Song Nan, it turned out that he felt good about himself, even if he was holding the title of messenger, Song Nan would never excuse himself. It was like this before, not to mention now, the current Song Nan has just turned the tide, he is the hottest person in the court, and it is better to stay away from him honestly.

Ma Yongcheng figured this out, and immediately stayed away from Song Nan, but Song Nan also ended up quiet; But in fact, this road is not quiet, learning the news of the triumphant return of the general of the town to Beijing, the state government spared no effort along the way to welcome it, and the local officials, gentry and villagers are even more welcome; Song Nan had to come out to socialize, after all, this was a matter of face, if he really refused to be thousands of miles away, it would seem a little arrogant and unreasonable. Officials have been like this in recent years, it is good to be able to tie up, but once they can't tie up, it is possible to make money in everyone's mouth, although the rumors spread secretly can't treat Song Nan well, but after all, more things are better than less.

One evening five days later, Song Nan and his entourage finally arrived at Fangshan in the territory of Shuntianfu, which was only sixty miles away from the capital. In the evening, the magistrate of Fangshan County led a group of local officials to set up a banquet for the general of Zhenguo, Song Nan and Nazhi County also said that they were in love, and drank a few more glasses of wine in the evening, and returned to the Shen family garden with a sense of smoke.

Although it has been two watches, there are still lights in the back house, Ye Fanggu is lying at the head of the bed and chatting with Yang Ko'er who came to visit, and suddenly saw Song Nan coming in drunk, and hurriedly got up and saluted; Ye Fanggu propped up half of her body and said angrily: "Drinking so much, why are you a general of the town and the country drinking so vigorously with ordinary small county officials?" ”

Song Nan sat down and waved his hand and smiled: "You don't know, that Qiao Zhixian has some knowledge, and he is not small, about the matter between him and Tartar this time, his words actually went to my heart." In my opinion, a small county official is farther than the knowledge of a scholar in the imperial court, hey, it's a pity that such a person has been a county official for more than ten years, and there is no chance of promotion. ”

Ye Fanggu said: "You can't drink so much wine in your relationship, there are many such things in the world, and there are thousands of people who don't meet talents, how do you manage it?" ”

Song Nan said with a big tongue: "Why can't I care?" You see, one day I will teach this qiē to be reversed, to let this qiē unreasonable thing be reversed, what scholars, what cabinet, if I tell them to go east, they will not dare to go west. ”

Ye Fanggu was startled, and hurriedly whispered, "Do you want to die?" Don't talk nonsense about these drunken words, I think you're drunk. ”

Song Nan consciously lost her speech, so she smiled to cover it up, Yang Ko'er took the freshly brewed tea and handed it over, Song Nan took the tea, and saw that Yang Ko'er's wrist was like jade, and he didn't feel a move in his heart, and reached out to grab Yang Ko'er's hand and rub it, Yang Ko'er's face was crimson and hurriedly retracted his hand.

"Hey, you two can't do this in front of me, when I'm dead?" Ye Fanggu said with a smile.

Yang Kou'er broke free of her hand and said with a red face: "Sister, don't blame, he's drunk." ”

Song Nan smiled: "I'm a little drunk, I almost mentioned you and me to Lord Ling Zun today, but unfortunately Lord Ling Zun is reluctant to talk about it." ”

Ye Fanggu pursed her lips and smiled: "Lord Yang must be clear in his heart, but he is probably not very willing, after all, you have several wives and concubines, and a young lady from an official family was begged by you to be a concubine, is there still light on Lord Yang's face?" ”

Song Nan sighed and said, "That's what I said, so I want to ask Kou'er a word today, what do you think yourself." ”

Yang Qian'er twisted and pinched the corners of her clothes without making a sound, and Ye Fanggu chirped: "Sure enough, I was drunk, do you still have to ask this?" Chloe has lived at home for a few years, and everyone knows that you and her have long been entangled, and now they ask such things. ”

Yang Ko'er shouted: "Sister Ye, don't talk nonsense, what is entangled, he and I are innocent." ”

Ye Fanggu smiled: "Yes, you are innocent, so innocent that you drilled a quilt in your room that day and stripped off only a small coat; My sister is not jealous, nor is she a person who likes to spy on privacy, I still hear this matter from the people in the house. It can be seen that you think you are doing it secretly, but in fact, everyone knows it. ”

Yang Ko'er covered her face and stomped her feet: "Don't say it, don't say it." ”

Song Nan was also embarrassed: "This must be the maids in the inner house chewing the root of their tongues, and after they go back, they will ask the little county lord to rectify them." ”

Ye Fanggu glanced at him and said, "Do you want to cover it?" You know that you don't have a good reputation for other girls, so you should find a way to marry and end the matter early. ”

Song Nan said: "Don't you want to me?" Yang Yiqing's old ...... The old man doesn't answer my words at all, what can I do? ”

Ye Fanggu frowned and thought about it, and said to Yang Qian'er: "Did your father talk to you about this?" ”

Yang Qian'er said in a low voice: "When I was in Guyuan, my father and mother told me about it, but my father didn't ask in detail, and my mother asked me how I was doing in the Song Mansion, and I also asked...... also asked Brother Song if he had ...... Did you ever bully me. ”

Ye Fanggu said, "How did you answer?" ”

Yang Kou'er said: "How can I answer, I naturally want to say that the Song Mansion has paid more respect to me, is it ...... Am I going to say...... Oops, shame on you. ”

Song Nan was old and drank tea with his face on the side, deaf to him.

Ye Fanggu said: "Hey, you, according to me, you should tell the truth at that time, and directly tell your father and mother that you and Song Nan already have a husband and wife, and he must not marry in this life, maybe this will be done." ”

Yang Qian'er hurriedly said: "How can it be done, in that case, my father will have to be angry, to be honest, I don't know what to do." ”

Ye Fanggu sighed and said: "This thing is difficult to do, you don't have a child, her father and mother are no longer alive, and she is not a woman from a small family like us; Your father is a big official in the court, so he must want to save face, and this matter is indeed a little embarrassing. You're twenty years old, and it's time for people to gossip if you don't think about it. ”

Seeing Song Nan drinking tea with his head bored, as if he had nothing to do with himself, Ye Fanggu said angrily: "You want to think of a way, is it possible to drag Kou'er like this?" ”

Song Nan raised his head and spit out the tea and said: "Don't bother, I'll take Kou'er tonight, tomorrow morning, I will take Kou'er to meet the old man of Taishan, he has to agree if he doesn't agree, otherwise Kou'er will cry, make trouble and hang himself, making him unhappy; Isn't he trying to save face? If he loses face, he will definitely turn a big thing into a small one. ”

Yang Ko'er was ashamed and frightened, her face turned white, and she waved her little hand and said, "If you can't do it, you can't do it." ”

Song Nan said: "You don't want to? ”

Yang Ko'er nodded and shook her head, not knowing whether she wanted to or not.

Song Nan said: "To deal with your father's old stubbornness, you can only cut the mess quickly, he knows the matter between you and me, but he is reluctant to make a decision, and hesitates for his old face; I'll look for him again someday, and hopefully he won't do Tai Chi with me again. ”

Yang Ko'er's face turned pale and said: "Brother Song, don't ask your father again, I will have a showdown with my father when I go back tonight, if he doesn't agree, I will ...... I'm ......"

Ye Fanggu said: "What about you? ”

Yang Kou'er gritted her teeth and said, "I'll go to Brother Song's room to cook raw rice and mature rice...... Yang Kou'er stomped her feet and flew away.

Ye Fanggu and Song Nan looked at each other, it was really not easy for Yang Kouer to make this determination, although Yang Kou'er was not as squeamish and hypocritical as other official ladies, but it was not easy for her to go to a showdown by herself.

"Look at the people you have harmed, you are really a bad person. Why did you suddenly mention this tonight? Ye Fanggu said.

Song Nan smiled bitterly: "Do you think about it?" After today's banquet was over, I mentioned the marriage to Lord Yang with the strength of wine, but I didn't expect the old thing to borrow wine from me to turn his face, saying that I was not holding myself properly and living up to his trust, and also said that I would let Kou'er go to the nunnery to be a sister-in-law and not be a concubine for me, which made me angry enough. I think about it, this matter should be settled sooner, I'm not joking, if Chloe doesn't make up her mind tonight, I'll really get her hands on raw rice and cook ripe rice, the old thing is very stubborn. ”

Ye Fanggu was stunned for a long time, and sighed: "Hey, this thing is troublesome, Lord Yang is really temperamental, and if he is an ordinary official, he would like to give his daughter both hands." ”

Song Nan puffed out his eyes and said, "What do you mean, are you saying that I am absurd and have no way of doing it, forcing people to send my daughter to me?" ”

Ye Fanggu hurriedly stretched out her hand and patted Song Nan's cheek and said, "Okay, okay, my husband is a righteous gentleman who is not a good man?" It's the current Yanagi Megumi, okay? ”